140 Wilkes Avenue, Walsall, WS2 0JL

Planning appeal 3347928 at 140 Wilkes Avenue, Walsall, WS2 0JL (Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 January 2025 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development complies with the limitations imposed under paragraph A.1(g) on development permitted under Class A of the GPDO.

a larger home extension for a single storey pitched roofed rear extension, 6.00 metres deep from the original rear elevation, 3.05 metres maximum height measured externally from the natural ground level, 2.85 metres high at the eaves measured externally from the natural ground level. This

Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Plenty B
Postcode: WS2 0JL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development complies with the limitations imposed under paragraph A.1(g) on development permitted under Class A of the GPDO
The effect of the proposed extension on the living conditions of the adjoining dwelling (142 Wilkes Avenue) with respect to outlook, daylight and sunlight

What decided it

The proposal would breach the Council's 45-degree code and result in a significant loss of sunlight and daylight and moderate reduction in outlook to the neighbouring dwelling's habitable rooms, thereby failing to comply with Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A, paragraph A.1(g) of the GPDO.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: GP2 Part VIENV32CSP4ENV2ENV3

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